Calcinosis of the cutis and subcutis: An unusual nonimmunologic adverse reaction to subcutaneous injections of low-molecular-weight calcium-containing heparins

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 210-214

  Eich, Dorothee ^a   Scharffetter Kochanek, Karin ^b   Weihrauch, Julia ^a   Krieg, Thomas ^a   Hunzelmann, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NADROPARIN; PHOSPHORUS DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; CALCINOSIS SUBCUTIS; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; NECROSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN CALCIFICATION; SKIN INDURATION; SPECTROSCOPY; STAINING; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; URTICARIA;

EID: 0842267689     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2003.07.018     Document Type: Article

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